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A lot of people are affected with Seasonal Affective Disorder in Wisconsin.  We have many, many days without sun during the winter months.  This year, we've had a string of days with heavy fog and unseasonably warm temperatures in the 30's and 40's.   Personally, I can't claim that I've ever really felt the effects of SAD, but this year, knowing that we are likely moving west later next year, I've been very impatient and annoyed with Wisconsin weather.   Sun trying to fight through the clouds It hasn't helped that my daily routine involves looking at the weather in Fort Collins and Tucson.  Their weather has been spectacularly sunny and more pleasant this time of year.   So, I haven't been blogging much because not much is going on. I've substituted indoor pickleball for hiking. The trails have been muddy and not much fun. For Christmas, we had my mother, Julia's brother and Allie here.  I went and retrieved my mother from Cedar Rapids a...
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Inca Trail: Dead Woman's Pass

 Temperatures continued to drop as we climbed higher and higher.  It was time to put on the additional layers of clothing from our day packs.



Dead Woman's Pass has that name because the rocks resemble a dead woman in a reclining position.  As we climbed, all of us took turns looking for the dead woman, which also signified the end of the climbing.  So, of course, we saw dead women where there were none--at least not the official dead woman.

Dead woman?  Nope


Stairway to Dead Woman
Keep climbing

Keep climbing


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Finally, we made it to the top, where we found the Dead Woman.


There were two guys on the top who had been watching us ascend for the last thirty minutes.  They were waiting for their friend (the guy with the food poisoning) who was behind us and hiking alongside  Freddy, P, and G.  We had been told to expect rain, wind, cold, and maybe snow at the pass, but the views and weather were actually spectacular for about thirty minutes.


Eventually, the rest of our party made it to the top for a group photo.


P told us that he was feeling much better.  Ain't nothing going to stop us now.  


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Bill said…
Hard core. Seriously, hard core.
November 10, 2022 at 10:00 PM
greg said…
I feel for you. I've had my butt kicked by steep, high altidude trails before and have ended up looking just like Julia more than once.
November 11, 2022 at 9:32 AM
John said…
Julia rebounded quickly and knew that descending would be the challenging part for her knees.

All of us guys were feeling pretty cocky for making it through the hard core part of the trail. And as a veteran hiker, you know what happens when you start feeling cocky.
November 11, 2022 at 10:12 AM
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